Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-23 | Page 1 | Russia to Convey Prisoners by Plane

Russia to Convey Prisoners by Plane 23 I KEM IrEM r Northern Rus Russia ia Jan 23 AP AP Russia Russia soon will Inaugurate an aerial service between this port and Island In the frozen White sea for tor transporting prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- exiled to monas monas- tery This it is is believed will wil pe pethe be bethe e ethe i the first time in the history of aviation aviation avia avia- tion that prisoners have been tr transported trans ns- ns ported by airplane Airdromes now no- being erected at Kern Kem o on op the mainland mainland mainland main main- land and on Island On account of ice the island 1 is s isolated for the greater part of the year yeal Up to the pr present Sent communication communication cation with the island has been carried on by sleighs over aver ver the frozen Ice or by boat when the Ice lee thaws n the spring Island is used as a center of exile and imprisonment for political and other offenders against the soviet state It i is about seventeen miles long and eleven miles broad Situated in the middle of the frozen White sea Ut it is one of the loneliest places in the world and f Ii is tJ th most dreaded prison in soviet